diff --git a/spec/defines/component/action_spec.rb b/spec/defines/component/action_spec.rb
index 5f8cfb23..54cbef3b 100644
--- a/spec/defines/component/action_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/component/action_spec.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             type: 'omelasticsearch',
             priority: 40,
             target: '50_rsyslog.conf',
+            dont_linebreak_actions: false,
             confdir: '/etc/rsyslog.d',
             config: {
               'queue.type' => 'linkedlist',
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
             priority: 40,
             target: '50_rsyslog.conf',
             confdir: '/etc/rsyslog.d',
+            dont_linebreak_actions: false,
             facility: 'kern.*',
             config: {
               'dynaFile' => 'remoteKern'
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@
             type: 'omelasticsearch',
             priority: 40,
             target: '50_rsyslog.conf',
+            dont_linebreak_actions: false,
             confdir: '/etc/rsyslog.d',
             facility: '*.*',
             config: {
diff --git a/templates/action.epp b/templates/action.epp
index 83143c56..cd5ae026 100644
--- a/templates/action.epp
+++ b/templates/action.epp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 $action_name,
 $type,
 $facility,
-Boolean $dont_linebreak_actions,
+Boolean $dont_linebreak_actions = false,
 $config
 | -%>
 # <%= $action_name %>
diff --git a/templates/tasks.epp b/templates/tasks.epp
index 12dc6bd2..66d1d3f8 100644
--- a/templates/tasks.epp
+++ b/templates/tasks.epp
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ $tasks
     <%}-%>
   <%- } elsif $config == 'action' { -%>
     <%- if ! $cfgval['facility'] or $cfgval['facility'] == '' { $facility = 'default' } else { $facility = $cfgval['facility'] } -%>
-  <%= epp('rsyslog/action.epp', { 'action_name' => $cfgval['name'], 'type' => $cfgval['type'], 'facility' => $facility, 'config' => $cfgval['config'],}) %>
+  <%= epp('rsyslog/action.epp', { 'action_name' => $cfgval['name'], 'type' => $cfgval['type'], 'facility' => $facility, 'config' => $cfgval['config'], 'dont_linebreak_actions' => $cfgval['dont_linebreak_actions'], }) %>
   <%-} elsif $config == 'stop' { -%>
   stop
   <%} elsif $config == 'exec' { -%>
   <%= epp('rsyslog/exec.epp', { 'value' => $cfgval, }) %><%-%>
   <%-}-%>
-<%-}-%>
\ No newline at end of file
+<%-}-%>